Gift Guide: Girls Ages 3-5
Having just had a girl just in this stage, I had so much fun putting together these ideas! Every gift on this gift guide for 3-5 year-old girls is something we used ourselves or came highly recommended from a friend. You might also want to check out the Boys Ages 3-5 Gift Guide for ideas. Many on both lists are gender-neutral.
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1. Jumbo Coloring Sheets – I’ve ordered almost every set of these over the years. They are the BEST. Don’t forget the scented markers to go with it! They are a big deal, trust me.
2. Kids Umbrella – Kids LOVE having their own umbrella. I like to make these Santa gifts.
3. Kids Camera – These have been a favorite of my kids for YEARS. They do eat up batteries pretty fast so be sure to stock up. Great car toy. Here is the boy version.
4. Scooter – The 3 wheels are perfect for learning to ride a scooter. Very highly rated on Amazon too! The three wheels make it easy for kids to learn!
5. Bounce House – Big ticket item but worth every penny! We’ve set up ours in the garage, used it for birthday parties, and in our backyard when we entertain.
6. I See Me Personalized Books – I got one of these for my son a few years ago and it continues to be a favorite. They are super creative, well illustrated, and are personalized all throughout the book which impressed me.
Another fun personalized book idea is, If My Dog Could Talk. My kids would love this one!
7. Indoor Swing Trapeze & Rings Combo – Such a great energy burner for those cold months inside! I could see my kids having a lot of fun on this in the future.
8. Kinetic Sand – A childhood must! I’d recommending splurging and getting the 11-pound bag. You can also get smaller portions. Tip: Get all the same color. They get all mixed together eventually!
9. Hungry Hungry Hippo – A little tricky to keep track of all of those balls but kids LOVE this game.
10. Let’s Go Fishing Game – Be warned. Lots of pieces to keep track of but my kids loved this one.
11. Teaching Cash Register – A classic. So much pretend play can happen with this toy.
12. White Paper Rolls – This seems so simple but I have found that my daughter LOVES having these around. Spread them out on the table to color on during dinner time. They can also be used on a play table for easy clean up.
13. Warmies – I know, I know. NO MORE STUFFED ANIMALS. However, these are different. They’re microwavable and have a lavender scent for a soothing warm cuddle AND they’re at an awesome price point. They have a million animals to choose from – see them all here.
14. Horse Family – So much imaginary play can happen with this take-along horse barn and family. If your little lady is an animal lover this is a must!
15. Melissa & Doug Cutting Food – There is something that kids just love about slicing these pieces of food. They are held together by velcro and can be “sliced” and served over and over again.
16. Bugs in the Kitchen – A fast-paced family-friendly game. Getting this for my son!
17. Me Readers – All of my kids loved these! My 3 year old has even figured out how to navigate the books as they are read outloud to him. There are lots of different themes too.
18. Play-Doh Magical Oven – When the Play-Doh box comes out, this is the most used toy!
19. Stamps – I got a big set of these a few years back and we have used them over and over again. Kids love to stamp up mail, scrap paper, or really anything you put in front of them. Just don’t look away, one might end up on a siblings face. 🙂
20. Zingo – There aren’t many games that hold my 4 year old’s attention but this one does! It’s easy to learn and the kids love the little card dispenser.
21. Bath Drops & Bath Finger Paint – This is the perfect age group for this kind of toy. I should just get a subscription to these because we use them so much!
Personalized Step Stools – My kids would LOVE these! So many cute options too.
Check out all of our Holiday Gift Guides:
- Kids: Ages 0-2
- Boys: Ages 3-5
- Girls: Ages 3-5
- Boys: Ages 5-9
- Girls: Ages 5-9
- Tween Boys
- Tween Girls
- Teenager Boys
- Teenager Girls
- Moms
- Dads
- Grandparents
- Teachers
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So many good ideas! I’m excited to get the umbrellas for my littles! They want to play with our adult ones all the time. I think they will be so excited to have character ones.
From the list for Girls 3-5, I’d choose the Teaching Cash Register (because I would have loved one when I was 4. Haha)
Zingo has been a favorite for years in our house.
The cash register is a favorite.
#21 – I didn’t know either of these existed! Looks like so much fun for baths!!
The indoor swing and rings looks so awesome!
I’m super excited about the camera (and case) my almost 4 year old is getting!
LOVE Zingo!! It’s been such a fun game! I even made more cards for younger kids, since we have a different version.
Zingo has been a favorite in our house! And I’m excited to try the Bath Dropz for my 10 yo who cannot do scented things on her skin!
Jumbo Coloring Sheets!
Let’s Go Fishing Game – granddaughter has this & loves it!
A bounce house is perfect for that age!
The Razor scooter is awesome!
Bounce house is always a winner!
Zingo is such s great game for learning. So many versions too!
That in door trapeze looks like to could be lifesaver for the child who turns your house in to her/ his gym
The cash register is a favorite for sure!
That indoor swing and rings bar is SO COOL! Favorite gift idea:)
Zingo looks like a great game for my grandchildren!
I love the cash register. It teaches so many life skills at such a young age and introduces math skills and money skills. My girls when they were young would spend hours playing “store” with their pretend food and cash register. This type of toy is truly a classic.
Love the indoor swing idea!
The cash register has been such a favorite item! My 8 yo will still play with it at times. Bonus, it’s a fun tool to help learn to count money when they’re older.
Kinetic Sand is so much fun! Our daughter (almost 4) loves to play with it. We bought small farm animals (pack of 10) from Dollar Tree to play with and she has a blast. Even fun for parents!
Jumbo coloring pages and scented markers are the best for girls!
BOUNCE HOUSE!! Although Daisy loves ‘umbrell-ella-as’ at the moment!
Magnatiles should definitely be on the girls list too a favorite for all preschoolers!
We’ve had many of these in our home! Probably my favorite is Zingo Bingo—we got several years if family fun from this game!
Both my boy and girl toddler kids love kinetic sand!
So many great gift ideas. We love Melissa and Doug color pads. A new gift idea my girls would like is the camera.
Zingo looks like a ton of fun!
We love kinetic sand at our house!
My daughter would love the me-reader! She sits and “reads” books for hours every week.
We love hungry hungry hippos here! Bought 2 gifts from this list for my newly 3 year old for Christmas- hoping they are a hit! Thanks for the ideas.
I purchased quite a few of these gifts last year for my preschooler (unicorn umbrella… Huge win!) . 🙂 She’s really hoping for the kinetic sand and the hungry hippo’s game this year.
I bought the Me Reader!
There are so many great gifts! My daughter always loved Melissa and Doug toys and the kinetic sand. The series look like a great gift as well.
White paper scroll. There is so much you can do with it.
We have several of the items on this list—you’ve definitely nailed it for this age group, because I’m seeing a lot of our favorite things. The Me Readers are a HUGE hit in our house…as are kinetic sand, warmies (perfect for winter car rides!), and all things Melissa and Doug. My 3 year old has been asking for a scooter, so that would be our winner!
Zingo looks fun!
We love the kinetic sand, magnet tiles, and all things Melissa and Doug. I’m thinking of replacing our broken toy cash register with this one. It looks much sturdier!
I can see my 4 year old Granddaughter living the Indoor Swing and Trapeze Rings. What a fun idea for a little minkey!
I love the white paper rolls. Reminds me of my childhood when my Dad would get a roll of plain brown paper, and he would wrap a big gift for my Mom in it, then we kids would spend the afternoon coloring it. The white paper could be used for some many imaginative things!
Zingo looks like a lot of fun!
My girls loved zingo! we would play it every Friday night, it was our family game night tradition we started. My girls are a little older now and if there not busy with activities we still do Friday night game night.
Our grandchildren have had hours of fun playing grocery store with the cash register!
My girls love the Melissa & Doug horse barn!! They play with it every day.
My 4 year old has a cash register and she loves it!! I’d say #11 would be a hit for any pre-school aged boy or girl!
Oh how I always wanted a cash register as a little girl! I was totally a real life job pretender- I liked to pretend be a banker, teacher, and grocery checker with my friends!
My granddaughter loves the cash register and the kinetic sand!
The cash register, although it might be a tad old for this age group. Any play-doh ‘kits’ and the bath drops.
Bath colors are always fun and kinetic sand is on the top of our lists this year too!
Definitely ordering the Zingo game, and strongly considering the doorway swing set!
My 3 yr old granddaughter often plays with the magnetic tiles from the boys’ list. I think the Zingo game sounds fun & maybe I could even play along from a virtual location!
I love the paper rolls idea! So good for those kiddos who love to create!
ZINGO!!! What a great idea! My littles love games!!
My 4 year old loves the melissa and doug cutting food set and rides the scooter constantly (though we just go for the 2 wheeled one) but I’m LOVING the doorway swing and trapeze! Perfect for winter or cold days.
I bought the Zingo game for my kiddos in the springtime. WE LOVE IT. Super quick and easy set-up. Santa has the Bath Dropz on the Christmas list this year.
Kinetic sand is one of our favorites! My 5 and 7 year old still bring it out at least weekly!
The cash register is my fave gift! I’m a teacher and my Kindergarteners love playing with it in the kitchen. Perfect for pre-schoolers, too! They really think they are in a store buying groceries!
I’m getting my daughter the play dough oven for Christmas. She loves cooking with me in the kitchen so I know this will be a hit.
This is an awesome list! I’ve added a ton of these items to my almost 4 year old’s Christmas list. She is especially going to love that umbrella. 🙂
My granddaughter is almost 4 and she has the Melissa and Dough cutting board and foods. I got them for her when she was 2. Although we have a house full of fun toys for her when she comes to visit, she goes for that set every single time!!
Our Gracie loves her scooter ❤️
Zingo and the umbrella is soooo cute
I love number 3 on the girls gift guide the camera. I like taking pictures and I have my own personal camera. Now my daughter will definitely be able join me by having her own personal camera because she loves to take pictures too. I’ll call her my mini photographer.
My girls (3&4) would love most of these! The 3 yr old keeps asking for a scooter and the 4 yr old keeps stealing my phone to take pictures so her own camera would be perfect. I’m also thinking about #10 on the boys list as a “quiet toy” for church.
Stamps and Zingo are on my daughter’s wish list but I think Kinetic Sand is a must have! So much fun and not a lot of mess 😉
My family has always loved Melissa & Doug, but the cutting food is SO fun! We are giving it to my niece this year!
Both of my girls love the camera!! They have so much with them. Warning, it does have games on them so I try to limit their time on it.
Number 7 is my favorite! I can only imagine the fun the kids would have playing on this!
I’m going to have a hard time choosing every day! The teacher in me likes 6. I see Me books. The creative side says 18. Play Doh Magical Oven or Jumbo coloring books.
The indoor swings trapeze and rings combo is definitely my favorite. That would have been awesome to have as a kid!
#7 is a hit with our family. The rings and swings.
My daughters LOVE Me Readers! I love that they can hear a whole story while I drive or am cooking in the kitchen.
My preschooler loves the colored bath drops! The Zingo game sounds fun, too!
The step stool has been a bit hit and used for years!
I recommend the finger paint! A great way for your children to be creative, have fun and it’s an easy clean up! I did a lot of that with my four children when they were young!
M&D options are always my favorite! My kids had the Cut and Velcro food and it lasted until they outgrew it and we sold it with the kitchen! You can never go wrong with Melissa & Doug
So many great ideas but we have an indoor swing set similar to the one listed and it has been a life saver during cold winter days!!
Oh the horse barn would for sure be our favorite here in our home.
The indoor gym is a great gift idea!
As simple as it is, the white paper roll is probably my favorite. So much open ended creativity potential!
I have 3 girls ages 2-7 and this is a great list!
Oh, so glad you found it helpful!